Maintaining Your Printer; Checking The Print Head Nozzle - Epson Stylus NX430 Quick Manual

Maintaining Your Printer

Follow the instructions in this chapter for checking and cleaning the print head nozzles
and replacing ink cartridges. To align the print head, if necessary, see your online
User's Guide.
Caution: To keep your printer looking like new, don't place anything on top of the cover
or use it as a writing surface. If you need to clean the cover, use only a soft, non-
abrasive microfiber-type cloth.
Checking the Print Head Nozzles
If your printouts are faint or have gaps in them, some of the nozzles in the print head may
be clogged or ink may be running low in one or more of the ink cartridges. Follow the
steps below to check the print head nozzles.
1. Load letter- or A4-size paper in the sheet feeder.
2. Press
3. Use the arrow buttons to select
and press
Check
x
4. Press to print the nozzle check pattern.
5. Check the pattern that prints to see if there are gaps in the lines.
6. If there are no gaps, select
If there are gaps or the pattern is faint, select
x
press to clean the print head (see page 17).
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Maintaining Your Printer
if necessary and select
.
OK
Finish Nozzle Check
on the printer's control panel.
F Setup
and press
Maintenance
Nozzles need cleaning
Nozzles are clean
and press
Head Cleaning
, then select
OK Nozzle
.
OK
and press . Then
OK